Kernel Developer

Parcks Inc.; Brighton; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote flexibility

Brighton gatherings

Job summary

Parcks Inc. in Brighton is seeking a seasoned Kernel Engineer to design, optimize and harden the core of our operating system. You will shape the foundation where performance, privacy and security meet, building an independent kernel lineage.

This role focuses on low-level architecture, real-time scheduling, memory management, and IPC, collaborating with driver, security and network teams. It offers on-site work with occasional remote-friendly flexibility and a mission-driven, privacy-first

Qualifications

• 5+ years of systems programming experience.
• Strong knowledge of C and assembly.
• Experience with Unix-like kernel architectures.
• Proficiency in low-level debugging and performance profiling.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement kernel core subsystems including scheduling, memory management, and IPC.
• Ensure low-latency real-time performance and efficient resource usage.
• Collaborate with driver, security, and network teams to integrate secure, telemetry-free modules.
• Conduct kernel-level debugging and code reviews to maintain stability.
• Design kernel interfaces that are developer-friendly and privacy-safe.

Skills

C and Assembly

Rust

Systems programming

Kernel architectures

Performance profiling

Security hardening

Tools

Virtualisation frameworks

Testing frameworks

Debugging tools

Job description

Every rebellion needs a beating heart. In our machines, that heart is the kernel. At Parcks we refuse to sail on borrowed engines, we forge our own. If you dream of carving an operating system from raw code, if you want to build the unbreakable fortress where freedom runs, then step aboard. The kernel is the keel of our ship, and you will shape it.

As a Kernel Engineer, you will build freedom at the deepest level: the kernel. The kernel is the captain's wheel of the machine, where every process, every byte of memory, and every packet finds order. Where others bloat it with telemetry, DRM, and compromise, we forge it lean, private, and unbreakable.

Your mission is to craft the foundation of sovereignty. You will design, optimise, and harden the foundation that every process, service, and interaction relies upon. The kernel is more than code, it is the line between freedom and surveillance, between efficiency and bloat, between trust and fragility. You will ensure it is fast, resilient, and free of backdoors.

Every syscall, every thread, every packet is a battle in miniature. Your work will give to SP both its power and its soul, allowing users to trust what lies beneath the interface without ever having to look. This is more than code: it is resistance. By building an independent kernel lineage, you help free the world from surveillance-heavy giants who have corrupted the foundations of computing.

Key
responsibilities

• Architect and implement kernel core subsystems including scheduling, memory management, and IPC.
• Ensure low-latency real-time performance and efficient resource usage.
• Collaborate closely with driver, security, and network teams to integrate secure, telemetry-free modules.
• Conduct code reviews and kernel-level debugging to maintain stability.
• Design kernel interfaces that are both developer-friendly and privacy-safe.
• 5+ years in systems programming with C and/or Rust.v es that are both developer-friendly and privacy-safe.
• Deep understanding of Unix-like OS kernel architectures.
• Proficiency in low-level debugging and performance profiling.
• Strong C and assembly programming skills.
• Experience with security hardening and real-time operating systems.
• Experience with FreeBSD or OpenBSD internals.
• Understanding of hardware abstraction layer design.

Tools &
Technologies

• Languages: C, Assembly, Rust (preferred for safe modules).
• Virtualisation & testing frameworks.

Duration &
Time Commitment

Full-time, long-term, On-site

• Competitive salary aligned with mission-driven executive roles.
• Remote-first flexibility, with gatherings in Brighton's Flagship for deep work.
• A place at the helm of one of the most ambitious software revolutions of this century.